When: Sept 9 – Dec 1, 2024 (12 weeks)
Where: Online & Asynchronous (see more info)
Cost: $470 (10% off if you register 2 weeks before the start date)
CE Credit: 3.5 CEUs/35 LEUs
Program #: 313325
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Public library administration encompasses a myriad of duties, capabilities, and skills.
You may have started working with your board, gotten through your first budget cycle, and now know that there are some main “library functions” such as reference, selection, cataloging, and youth services. But what about hiring and supervising staff, working with volunteers, marketing your services, and advocating for support? Fear not: we’ll cover those topics, and many more, in this course that will add to your knowledge, and equip you to lead and direct your public library with confidence.
This course is a requirement for the Wisconsin Public Library Director Certification. Wisconsin library directors taking this class are eligible to apply for a certification course scholarship.
Topics
- Relationships with local, state, and federal entities
- Federal and state library law
- Effectively working and communicating with your library board
- Hiring and training staff
- Personnel management and policies
- Staff supervision, evaluation, discipline; employment laws
- Volunteer supervision
- Space planning and capital improvements
- Building and facilities management and policies
- Building safety/OSHA and ADA compliance
- Marketing, advocacy, and strategic planning
- Working with media
- Networking
Required Textbook: Fundamentals of Library Supervision, Third Edition (ALA Fundamentals Series) by Beth McNeil, 2017. (ISBN: 9780838915547)
This course is offered once a year starting in September.
Instructor
Angela Noel is the director of the Dodgeville Public Library and has worked in libraries in Wisconsin since 2014. Prior to working in libraries, she spent over 10 years working in nonprofit administration. Angela received her master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and holds a B.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.